Core Content for Undergraduate Medical Education in Spain: Recommendations of the Instructors’ Group of the Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (AEDV)

Abstract Background Skin problems are among the most frequent reasons for seeking medical attention in primary care. In recent years, as a result of the process of adapting medical curricula to the requirements of the European Higher Education Area, the amount of time students spend learning the concepts of dermatology has been reduced in many universities. Material and methods In order to reach a consensus on core content for undergraduate education in dermatology, we sent a survey to the 57 members of the instructors’ group of the Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (AEDV), asking their opinions on what objectives should be set for a dermatology course in Spain. A total of 131 …

Changing Trends in Drug Prescription and Causes of Treatment Discontinuation of First Biologic Over Ten Years in Psoriasis in the Spanish Biobadaderm Registry

Background and objectives: Current psoriasis guidelines do not usually include recommendations about first line classical or biologic treatment. The objectives of this study were: to describe shifts in the prescription of the first biological treatment, and to compare treatment withdrawal and rates of adverse events over ten years. Material and methods: Biobadaderm registry was analyzed to describe: first biological prescription in bio-naive patients, adverse events rate and reasons for drug withdrawal comparing three periods of time (2008-2010, 2011-2014, 2015-2018). Results: Anti-TNF drugs were the most prescribed biological drug from 2008 to 2010. Ustekinumab has become the most prescrib…

Long-term safety of nine systemic medications for psoriasis: A cohort study using the Spanish Registry of Adverse Events for Biological Therapy in Dermatological Diseases (BIOBADADERM) Registry.

Background: Registry studies broadly describing the safety of systemic drugs in psoriasis are needed. Objective: To describe the safety findings of the systemic drugs acitretin, adalimumab, apremilast, cyclosporine, etanercept, infliximab, methotrexate, secukinumab, and ustekinumab used for the treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis in patients included in the Spanish Registry of Adverse Events for Biological Therapy in Dermatological Diseases (BIOBADADERM) Registry. Methods: The incidence rate ratio (IRR) and adjusted IRR (including propensity scores) of identified adverse events for each drug, using methotrexate as reference, were determined by means of a prospective cohort. Results: O…

Contenidos fundamentales de la Dermatología en el grado de medicina en España. Recomendaciones del grupo de profesores de la Academia Española de Dermatología y Venereología

Antecedentes: Los problemas dermatologicos constituyen uno de los motivos de consulta masfrecuentes en atencion primaria. En los ultimos a˜nos, como consecuencia de la adaptacion alespacio europeo de educacion superior, en muchos planes de estudios se ha reducido el tiempodestinado al aprendizaje de la dermatologia.Material y metodos:Para consensuar los contenidos basicos del programa de dermatologia enel pregrado, se remitio electronicamente una encuesta a los 57 miembros de grupo de profeso-res de la Academia Espa˜nola de Dermatologia y Venereologia para establecer cuales deberianser los objetivos de aprendizaje de la asignatura en Espa˜na. Se incluyeron 131 objetivos previa-mente selecci…

Incidence of severe COVID-19 outcomes in psoriatic patients treated with systemic therapies during the pandemic: A Biobadaderm cohort analysis

Cambios en las tendencias de la prescripción y causas de la interrupción en los tratamientos biológicos indicados en la psoriasis durante los primeros 10 años. Datos obtenidos del registro español Biobadaderm

Resumen Antecedentes y objetivos Las guias sobre el tratamiento de la psoriasis habitualmente no incluyen las recomendaciones acerca de cual debe ser la primera linea de tratamiento sistemico o biologico. Los objetivos de este estudio fueron describir las tendencias en la prescripcion del primer farmaco biologico y comparar la retirada de los farmacos y las tasas de efectos adversos a lo largo de los 10 anos de seguimiento. Material y metodos Se utilizo el registro Biobadaderm para determinar cual fue el primer farmaco biologico indicado en pacientes con psoriasis naive para biologicos, asi como cual es la tasa de efectos adversos y los motivos de suspension de los farmacos. Los resultados …